Who Has Heard about the NHS Soups and Shakes Diet and Clinical Trial ?
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I thought i would post this for anyone who has type 2 Diabetes and doesn't know about the free programme that is available
It was trialled through the NHS during the period between September 2020 and the end of 2022, where 7,540 people were referred to the NHS England Type 2 Diabetes Path to Remission programme
1.740 participants started the ‘soups and shakes’ diet before January 2022, and 945 completed the year-long programme , and amazingly 32% had their type 2 Diabetes go into remission while losing on average 16 kg in weight
It will be available again over 2024 and if you read the article you will see what the criteria is and who is eligible, but it may not suit everybody
You can find out more about the trial and who they deem suitable in the article
Hope this helps anyone struggling with weight loss and Diabetes
I didn’t know about this program and appreciate how this will change lives. My friend has finally achieved exactly the same with a long program of strict dieting, his diabetes is under control at last.
It's a shame it is for people with type 2 diabetes only as I'm sure it could benefit a wider number of people with pre-diabetes and just being over weight. I'd like to do the 12 week course to lose some weight. It would be good if this was also for sale perhaps sold at cost price so others could do it or information on how to duplicate the course by making the meals yourself with the same ingredients. I often do a salad and soup diet where my meals are either salad or soup and again you can lose a lot of weight without sacrificing nutrition.
BonzoBanana It does sound a good course for none diabetics too B, i must agree
Lets hope it is made available for those struggling with their weight
One of my old bosses did a soup and rice diet because he was for health reasons overweight, it worked really well for him. This sounds very similar I hope people as BonzoBanana said with other heath issues will take the opportunity to do this, as with the NHS falling apart, we do need to help ourselves and if you do need an operation and are overweight that can cause more concern as well
Saw it on news and seriously am considering doing it myself as I have absolutely zilch willpower.
I've heard about it before. I always thought it would be good for other people as well, such as those wanting to lose weight.
I think it's too extreme if you do stick to the diet during the trial. Then you won't do it for the rest of your life so once the trial is over you probably will eat loads of sweet stuff. I think it's best to try to get into a healthier way of eating that you can stick to for the rest of your life.
KAW18 It's a two stage process though, first you have to lose the weight which is a more extreme low calorie diet and then you have to come up with a diet that maintains that weight. The first stage could be only 800 calories a day for extreme weight loss but to maintain your lower weight you might be ok on 2500 calories. The trouble is many are eating 4000-6000 calories a day. Saying that I don't believe in calories you can maintain weight loss just by eliminating highly processed food and returning to a more natural diet with complex carbs which they body has to work harder to get nutrition from. It's like the Atkins diet where you can have high calories in protein but extreme weight loss it is not just about the calories.
I've not heard of this programme and have a few friends with diabetes, that's great that 32% went into remission. I'll sent this info onto them, thanks.
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